We moved to the UK, swept up in the wave of Nigerians japa-ing, searching for better lives, safer futures.

Exactly 58 years after the Asaba Massacre, the commemoration of the incident was not without a sense of progress, as the people of Asaba counted a few gains amid solemn remembrance. On October 7, 1967, Nigerian soldiers reportedly rounded up and shot hundreds of unarmed civilians who had gathered to welcome them in Asaba, in […]

By Oghenemairo Agams-Emuobe Legal practitioners and civil society actors have urged stakeholders to increase collaboration in order to achieve reforms and advance public interest litigation (PIL) in Nigeria. The appeal was made at a special session, hosted by Spaces for Change (S4C), a non-profit organization working to infuse human rights into social and economic governance […]

Alausa said membership of the committee has been carefully selected to reflect the full spectrum of the education sector.

Two years ago to the day, Hamas-led militants launched a surprise assault on Israel, making it the deadliest day in the country’s history.

By Godwin Oritse & Providence Ayanfeoluwa The Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Nigeria Customs Service, has stepped up its anti-smuggling campaign across the South-West, tightening enforcement along major corridors and border communities. In a sustained operation throughout September, Comptroller of the Unit, Mohammed Shuaibu said that the Unit intercepted over 5,000 bags of foreign parboiled rice […]

Another headline has the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) preparing for a nationwide strike as non-teaching staff issue an ultimatum.

By Obas Esiedesa ABUJA — The Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, on Monday said the Federal Government will not renew the licences of poorly performing electricity distribution companies (DisCos) when they expire in 2028. Speaking during a session on the power sector at the Nigerian Economic Summit 2025 in Abuja, Adelabu blamed the DisCos for […]

‘Untie me, I want to join the jangolova’

By Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief THE Federal Government may have concluded plan to phase out multiple budget fiscal operations if the disclosures of the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, is the current reality. The multiple budgetary fiscal operations entail implementation of more than one Appropriation Acts simultaneously […]